A student at High Point University was diagnosed with melanoma after finding a deformed freckle on her neck. This experience changed her views on tanning, and she immediately stopped using tanning beds and warned her friends about the dangers of UV rays. While melanoma is the deadliest type of skin cancer and will kill over 10,000 people in the US this year, 18 out of 100 female HPU students surveyed admitted to tanning in beds over three times a month. The article advocates for increasing awareness of the risks of indoor tanning and promoting safer alternatives like spray tanning to decrease skin cancer cases linked to tanning bed use.